Musculoskeletal Quiz 2

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Compression of the median nerve is called what?

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Physical agent modalities (PAMs) are often used in the presence of what kind of disorders?

Musculoskeletal disorders

Can the biomechanical FOR be used with neurologically involved clients?

No, you can not use the biomechanical FOR with cognitive/CNS disorders

**What is Phalen's test?

Phalen's test is a wrist examination procedure that identifies the presence of carpal tunnel syndrome. -Phalen's test is the most provactive test for carpal tunnel syndrome. (*think.... Phalen starts with "p" and so does praying, so it's kind of like "failing praying hands... it's done upside down and backwards -the palms are facing each other)

What is one risk factor for the development of a musculoskeletal disorder?

exposure to vibration

**What are the directions to perform the Phalen's test?

Tell your client to flex their wrists as much as they can and to press the dorsal side (back of their hands together) for one minute. The test is positive if they experience numbness or tingling in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and the lateral half of the ring finger which indicates carpal tunnel syndrome (compression on the median nerve). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQJNrkq7tIs&vl=en

What is one treatment approach that an OT might use to help a client manage a musculoskeletal disorder?

brief restriction of movement

What are 3 techniques used to build endurance?

cardiovascular exercise, light resistive exercise, and interest-sustaining tasks

What is an example of a complaint a client in the late stages of a musculoskeletal disorder might have?

constant pain

The Finkelstein Test is commonly used to assess for the presence of what condition?

de Quervain's tenosynovitis

Phalen's test assesses the status of what peripheral nerve?

median nerve

Acute and chronic edema can limit what?

motion

The biomechanical FOR assumes that purposeful activities can remediate loss of what 3 things?

motion, strength, and endurance

An incorrect end feel, or the correct end feel at an incorrect point in the joint's ROM indicates what?

pathology

Capacity is based on what 3 things?

range of motion, muscle strength, and endurance

What is one possible symptom of a musculoskeletal disorder?

recurrent pain

Muscle weakness can occur because of what 3 things?

selective disuse, chronic disuse, and acute trauma

Froment's sign is indicative of what peripheral nerve being compressed or having a lesion?

ulnar


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